{"id":137094,"date":"2020-12-19T01:10:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T22:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cuomo-says-covid-shutdown-avoidable-as-de-blasio-warns-of-closure\/"},"modified":"2020-12-19T01:10:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T22:10:40","slug":"cuomo-says-covid-shutdown-avoidable-as-de-blasio-warns-of-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cuomo-says-covid-shutdown-avoidable-as-de-blasio-warns-of-closure\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cuomo says COVID shutdown ‘avoidable’ as de Blasio warns of closure"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Cuomo says COVID shutdown ‘avoidable’ as de Blasio warns of closure<\/strong>”
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo tried to put forth a positive spin despite the state\u2019s rising-again COVID-19 Friday, saying another New York shutdown is \u201cavoidable\u201d \u2014 a day after Mayor de Blasio said a fresh lockdown could come right after Christmas.<\/p>\n

\u201cA shutdown is totally avoidable. Totally,\u201d Cuomo said at a press conference in Albany. \u201cI believe New Yorkers can slow the spread and that hospitals can manage the increase.\u201d<\/p>\n

The governor tried to dial back the doom and gloom after de Blasio on Thursday flagged troubling infection and hospitalization rates, all but saying a shutdown was inevitable.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll keep working with the state, they make the final decision, but I think it\u2019s something that has to be put into effect soon based on the very consistent information we\u2019re seeing,\u201d de Blasio said. <\/p>\n

\u201cCertainly right after Christmas is a natural moment when the world kind of slows down a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cuomo said that while the statewide positive rate is at 5.09 percent, hospitalizations and ICU numbers dropped to 3,081 and 1,068, respectively, according to state data. <\/p>\n

\u201cThose are good signs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The city, which uses different parameters, on Friday recorded a 6.16 percent infection rate over a seven-day average, up from 6 percent a day earlier, the first time since May the city had hit such a high rate.<\/p>\n

The exchange between the two men comes as health officials across the state labor to check the spread of COVID while racing to distribute as many doses of the new vaccine against the disease.<\/p>\n

New York City\u2019s Health Department reported Friday afternoon that 11,152 frontline hospital workers have received the Pfizer jabs so far.<\/p>\n

That accounts for more than half of the roughly 19,000 shots distributed across the Empire State so far.<\/p>\n

The state Health Department, meanwhile, <\/strong>issued a new directive<\/a> to all hospitals this week requiring them to give three weeks\u2019 notice if they expect o hit 85 percent capacity.<\/p>\n

Cuomo on Friday said that so far, no hospital has triggered the warning.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s good news<\/a>, because you have no hospital in the state saying they think they\u2019re gonna hit 85 percent of their maximum by Jan. 8,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI believe hospitals are going to be able to manage this,\u201d he added. \u201cWe learned a lot in the spring, they worked together for the first time ever \u2014 with that collegiality and that operational facilitation in the spring \u2014 and frankly, we\u2019ve had more time to get ready and we\u2019ve had more preparation now.\u201d<\/p>\n

About 31,000 beds are currently available at hospitals in downstate New York \u2014 including two of the areas largest systems, New York City Health + Hospitals and Northwell Health. <\/p>\n

Statewide, about 50,000 beds are available.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, hospitals were directed to add 25 percent capacity and cancel elective surgeries.<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by Nolan Hicks<\/em>\n <\/div>\n

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